Mohammad Boroujerdi

Mohammad Boroujerdi (1955-May 1983) was a Major-General of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps during the Iran-Iraq War.

Biography
Mohammad Boroujerdi was born in Darreh Gorg, Borujerd County, Iran to a family of farmers, and he worked as a tailor while attending Quranic courses; he married at the age of 17. He deserted from the Iranian Army to meet Ruhollah Khomeini in Iraq, but SAVAK captured him and forced him to return to the army. In 1977, he moved to Syria, and he was trained at Amal Movement camps, and after January 1978 he led guerrilla warfare against the Kingdom of Iran's government. He was the leader of Khomeini's escort after his return from Paris, led the disarming of Tehran's police HQ, took part in the seizure of the National Iranian Radio and Television station, and destroyed the bus of the American counselor in Lavizan. After being the warden of Evin Prison, he was one of the founders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and he led the IRGC in crushing Kurdish and communist forces. In May 1983, he was killed by a landmine on the Mahabad-Naqadeh road.